Kaylee Monahan

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David Turnbloom, a University of Portland professor and co-author, speaks during the book launch in Brian Doyle Auditorium on Feb 2.

UP authors launch book on liturgy, healing and trauma from Catholic sex abuse crisis

Last semester, The Beacon spoke with the co-authors of “Liturgy in the Shadows of Trauma: Reckoning with the Roman Catholic Sex Abuse Crisis” to detail their uniquely collaborative writing process and preview the book.  Theology and religious studies professor David Turnbloom and alums Megan Breen, Noah Lamberger and Kate Tyschper began studying abusive cultures within Roman Catholicism in the Collaborative Humanities Investigating Religion and Power (CHIRP) Lab.

Photo courtesy of Kaylee Monahan.

STAFF OPINION: Are we officially old?

In a local cafe, I was writing an essay when they appeared: three teenage girls with tightly kinked curls and bright green, star-shaped pimple patches on their foreheads. 

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